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Since 1901 Melrose and Wakefield have played 108 times.

Melrose
v
Wakefield

The Rivalry

Melrose leads the all-time series 63-42-6.

champions

The Series

1900s

  1901 l Melrose 12-0

  1903 l Melrose 5-0

  1904 l Melrose 50-0

  1918 l Wakefield 12-7

  1919 l Wakefield 6-0

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1920s

  1920 l Melrose 20-6

  1921 l Wakefield 26-6

  1922 l Melrose 26-0

  1923 l Melrose 12-0

  1924 l Melrose 27-0

  1925 l Melrose 33-0

  1926 l Melrose 14-0

  1927 l Melrose 57-0

  1928 l Melrose 40-12

  1929 l Melrose 37-0

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1930s

1930 l Melrose 33-0

1932 l TIE 0-0

1932 l TIE 13-13

1933 l Melrose 6-0

1934 l Melrose 40-0

1935 l Melrose 13-0

1936 l Melrose 6-0

1937 l Melrose 13-0

1938 l Melrose 7-0

1939 l Melrose 7-0

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1940s

  1940 l Melrose 6-0

  1941 l Melrose 7-0

  1942 l Melrose 19-0

  1943 l Melrose 13-0

  1944 l Melrose 6-0

  1945 l Wakefield 7-6

  1946 l Melrose 13-0

  1947 l Wakefield 6-0

  1948 l Melrose 7-6

  1949 l Wakefield 8-0

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1950s

  1950 l Melrose 7-0

  1952 l Wakefield 19-0

  1953 l Wakefield 34-0

  1954 l Melrose 12-0

  1955 l Wakefield 39-13

  1956 l Melrose 21-18

  1957 l Wakefield 25-13

  1958 l TIE 14-14

  1959 l Melrose 20-6

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1960s

  1960 l Melrose 12-8

  1961 l Wakefield 22-12

  1962 l TIE 0-0

  1963 l Melrose 34-6

  1964 l Wakefield 27-18

  1965 l Wakefield 14-6

  1966 l Melrose 22-12

  1967 l Melrose 8-6

  1968 l Melrose 50-13

  1969 l Melrose 20-6

1970s

  1970 lWakefield 20-0

  1971 l Melrose 32-20

  1972 l Melrose 28-14

  1973 l Wakefield 18-0

  1974 l Melrose 50-28

  1975 l Wakefield 24-16

  1976 l Melrose 24-14

  1977 l Melrose 30-6

  1978 l Melrose 24-6

  1979 l Wakefield 14-0

 

 1980s

  1980 l Melrose 14-0

  1981 l Melrose 12-7

  1982 l Melrose 31-20

  1983 l Melrose 16-7

  1984 l Melrose 14-7

  1985 l Wakefield 14-0

  1986 l Wakefield 32-0

  1987 l Wakefield 15-14

  1988 l Melrose 26-10

  1989 l Wakefield 10-6

 

1990s

  1990 l TIE 0-0

  1991 l Wakefield 14-13

  1992 l Melrose 20-6

  1993 l Wakefield 17-14

  1994 l Wakefield 14-0

  1995 l Wakefield 28-27

  1996 l Wakefield 3-0

  1997 l Wakefield 12-0

  1998 l Wakefield 20-17

  1999 l TIE 14-14

 

 2000s

  2000 l Wakefield 34-13

  2001 l Wakefield 35-14

  2002 l Wakefield 12-7

  2003: Wakefield 20-14

  2004 l Wakefield 7-3

  2005 l Wakefield 27-7

  2006 l Wakefield 21-0

  2007 l Melrose 15-14

  2008 l Wakefield 34-27

  2009 l Wakefield 14-13

 

 2010s

  2010 l Wakefield 15-7

  2011 l Wakefield 3-0

  2012 l Melrose 28-15

  2013a l Wakefield 17-14 (OT)

  2013b l Melrose 13-7

  2014a l Melrose 17-15

  2014b l Melrose 24-0

  2014c l Melrose 15-14

  2015a l Melrose 21-0

  2015b l Melrose 27-8

  2016  l Melrose 28-8

  2017  l Melrose 35-12

  2018  l Melrose 34-13

  2019  l Melrose 35-7

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2020s

  2020  l Melrose 35-0

  2021  l Wakefield 21-13

  2022 l Wakefield 15-12

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By The
Numbers

FIRSTS & LASTS

  First Game:  1901  (Melrose 12-0)

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  First Wakefield Win:  1918 (12-7)

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  Last Game:  2021 (Wakefield 21-13)

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  Last Wakefield Win:  2022 (15-12)

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ALL ABOUT THE POINTS

  Largest win:  50-0, Melrose (1904)

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  Ties:  6 (3 were scoreless)

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  Total Melrose Shutouts:  31 Games

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  Total Wakefield Shutouts:  18 Games

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  Last Melrose Shutout:  2021 (35-0)

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  Last Wakefield Shutout:  2011 (3-0)

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  Most points Melrose:  57 (1927)

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  Most points Wakefield:  39 (1955)

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  Most points combined:  78 (1974)

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STREAKS

  Longest Melrose Streak:  12 yrs (1933-1944)

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  Longest Wakefield Streak:  7 yrs (2000-2006)

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BY THE DECADE

  Series in the 1900s:  Melrose 3-2

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  Series in the 1960s:  Melrose 6-3-1

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  Series in the 1970s:  Melrose 6-4

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  Series in the 1980s:  Melrose 6-4

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  Series in the 1990s:  Wakefield 7-2-1

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  Series in the 2000s:  Wakefield 9-1

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  Series in the 2010s:  Melrose 11-3

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  Series in the 2020s:  Wakefield 2-1

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Highlights from

Thanksgiving 2012

Highlights from

Thanksgiving 2016

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